Bayreuth is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 237. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the eastern part of the Forchheim district.[1]
Bayreuth was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 25 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 220. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 223. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 238. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 237.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Bayreuth and Marktredwitz and the districts of Landkreis Bayreuth and Wunsiedel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Pegnitz district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bayreuth and Landkreis Bayreuth district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
The constituency was first represented by Matthäus Herrmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow SPD member Herbert Hauffe from 1953 to 1957. Albrecht Schlee of the Christian Social Union (CSU) won it in 1957, but former member Hauffe regained it for the SPD in 1961. Former member Schlee was then elected in 1965 and 1969. Richard Müller of the SPD was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Heinz Starke of the CSU was representative from 1976 to 1980, followed by Ortwin Lowack from 1980 to 1994. Hartmut Koschyk of the CSU then served from 1994 to 2017. Silke Launert of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
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Bayreuth is an electoral constituency German Wahlkreis represented in the Bundestag It elects one member via first past the post voting Under the current constituency numbering system it is designated as constituency 237 It is located in northern Bavaria comprising the city of Bayreuth the Landkreis Bayreuth district and the eastern part of the Forchheim district 1 237 BayreuthElectoral districtfor the BundestagBayreuth in 2017StateBavariaPopulation206 600 2019 Electorate162 430 2021 Major settlementsBayreuthPegnitzPottensteinArea1 648 0 km2Current electoral districtCreated1949PartyCSUMemberSilke LaunertElected2017 2021Bayreuth was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election Since 2017 it has been represented by Silke Launert of the Christian Social Union CSU 2 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 4 1 2021 election 4 2 2017 election 4 3 2013 election 4 4 2009 election 5 ReferencesGeography editBayreuth is located in northern Bavaria As of the 2021 federal election it comprises the independent city of Bayreuth the Landkreis Bayreuth district and the municipalities of Egloffstein Gossweinstein Obertrubach Pretzfeld and Wiesenttal and Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Ebermannstadt and Grafenberg from the Forchheim district 1 History editBayreuth was created in 1949 In the 1949 election it was Bavaria constituency 25 in the numbering system In the 1953 through 1961 elections it was number 220 In the 1965 through 1998 elections it was number 223 In the 2002 and 2005 elections it was number 238 Since the 2009 election it has been number 237 Originally the constituency comprised the independent cities of Bayreuth and Marktredwitz and the districts of Landkreis Bayreuth and Wunsiedel In the 1965 through 1972 elections it also contained the Pegnitz district In the 1976 through 1998 elections it comprised the city of Bayreuth and Landkreis Bayreuth district It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election Election No Name Borders1949 25 Bayreuth Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district1953 220195719611965 223 Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district Pegnitz district196919721976 Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district1980198319871990199419982002 238 Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district only Egloffstein Gossweinstein Obertrubach Pretzfeld and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Grafenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften 20052009 237201320172021Members editThe constituency was first represented by Matthaus Herrmann of the Social Democratic Party SPD from 1949 to 1953 followed by fellow SPD member Herbert Hauffe from 1953 to 1957 Albrecht Schlee of the Christian Social Union CSU won it in 1957 but former member Hauffe regained it for the SPD in 1961 Former member Schlee was then elected in 1965 and 1969 Richard Muller of the SPD was elected in 1972 and served a single term Heinz Starke of the CSU was representative from 1976 to 1980 followed by Ortwin Lowack from 1980 to 1994 Hartmut Koschyk of the CSU then served from 1994 to 2017 Silke Launert of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re elected in 2021 Election Member Party 1949 Matthaus Herrmann SPD 39 71953 Herbert Hauffe SPD 40 01957 Albrecht Schlee CSU 43 71961 Herbert Hauffe SPD 43 11965 Albrecht Schlee CSU 48 01969 46 41972 Richard Muller SPD 48 61976 Heinz Starke CSU 55 11980 Ortwin Lowack CSU 55 61983 61 61987 57 31990 54 91994 Hartmut Koschyk CSU 46 01998 50 62002 60 72005 56 12009 50 92013 55 92017 Silke Launert CSU 46 52021 42 4Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Bayreuth 3 Notes Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CSU nbsp Y Silke Launert 54 465 42 4 nbsp 4 1 43 768 34 1 nbsp 7 9SPD Annette Kramme 24 840 19 4 nbsp 1 9 26 584 20 7 nbsp 2 3Greens Susanne Bauer 14 064 11 0 nbsp 3 9 15 647 12 2 nbsp 4 3AfD Tobias Peterka 10 777 8 4 nbsp 1 0 11 636 9 1 nbsp 1 7FDP Thomas Hacker 9 182 7 2 nbsp 0 5 12 020 9 4 nbsp 0 4FW Corey Dressendorfer 7 754 6 0 nbsp 2 5 8 857 6 9 nbsp 4 2Left Sven Schroder 2 577 2 0 nbsp 2 3 3 294 2 6 nbsp 3 0dieBasis Markus Engel 2 028 1 6 1 642 1 3Tierschutzpartei 1 306 1 0 nbsp 0 2PARTEI Florens Weiss 1 709 1 3 nbsp 0 0 988 0 8 nbsp 0 2ODP Dominic Hopp 934 0 7 516 0 4 nbsp 0 0Pirates 368 0 3 nbsp 0 0Volt 321 0 3BP 269 0 2 nbsp 0 1Team Todenhofer 241 0 2Unabhangige 210 0 2Gesundheitsforschung 166 0 1 nbsp 0 0Bundnis C 142 0 1Humanists 131 0 1V Partei3 120 0 1 nbsp 0 2NPD 101 0 1 nbsp 0 2The III Path 82 0 1du 71 0 1LKR 19 0 0DKP 18 0 0 nbsp 0 0MLPD 13 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 806 606Total valid votes 128 330 128 530Turnout 129 136 79 5 nbsp 1 9CSU hold Majority 29 625 23 0 nbsp 2 22017 election edit Federal election 2017 Bayreuth 4 Notes Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CSU Silke Launert 58 665 46 5 nbsp 9 4 53 063 41 9 nbsp 7 6SPD Anette Kramme 26 785 21 2 nbsp 4 4 23 198 18 3 nbsp 4 9AfD Tobias Peterka 11 845 9 4 nbsp 6 3 13 566 10 7 nbsp 6 9Greens Susanne Bauer 8 936 7 1 nbsp 0 8 9 994 7 9 nbsp 1 1FDP Thomas Hacker 8 368 6 6 nbsp 3 9 11 369 9 0 nbsp 4 2Left Sebastian Sommerer 5 476 4 3 nbsp 1 5 7 022 5 5 nbsp 2 3FW Thomas Mainusch 4 434 3 5 3 441 2 7 nbsp 0 4PARTEI Wolfgang Karl 1 662 1 3 1 194 0 9Tierschutzpartei 1 015 0 8 nbsp 0 1ODP 532 0 4 nbsp 0 1NPD 386 0 3 nbsp 0 7Pirates 373 0 3 nbsp 1 6BP 347 0 3 nbsp 0 1V Partei 318 0 3Gesundheitsforschung 189 0 1DM 177 0 1DiB 156 0 1BGE 138 0 1MLPD 24 0 0 nbsp 0 0DKP 15 0 0BuSo 12 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 051 693Total valid votes 126 171 126 529Turnout 127 222 77 6 nbsp 7 4CSU hold Majority 31 880 25 3 nbsp 5 02013 election edit Federal election 2013 Bayreuth 5 Notes Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CSU nbsp Y Hartmut Koschyk 63 936 55 9 nbsp 5 0 56 846 49 5 nbsp 5 6SPD Anette Kramme 29 344 25 6 nbsp 4 9 26 676 23 2 nbsp 4 3Greens Sabine Steininger 7 189 6 3 nbsp 5 0 7 803 6 8 nbsp 2 6AfD Tobias Matthias Peterka 3 569 3 1 4 435 3 9Left Tilmann Schiel 3 246 2 8 nbsp 2 6 3 783 3 3 nbsp 2 6FDP Hermann Hiery 3 133 2 7 nbsp 5 8 5 539 4 8 nbsp 9 0FW 3 524 3 1Pirates Dirk Gernot Marky 2 663 2 3 2 192 1 9 nbsp 0 2NPD Harald Bestehorn 1 392 1 2 nbsp 0 3 1 104 1 0 nbsp 0 4Tierschutzpartei 796 0 7 nbsp 0 1ODP 556 0 5 nbsp 0 0REP 530 0 5 nbsp 0 8BP 398 0 3 nbsp 0 0DIE FRAUEN 245 0 2DIE VIOLETTEN 112 0 1 nbsp 0 1Party of Reason 111 0 1PRO 70 0 1RRP 44 0 0 nbsp 0 5MLPD 24 0 0 nbsp 0 0BuSo 16 0 0 nbsp 0 1Informal votes 1 187 855Total valid votes 114 472 114 804Turnout 115 659 70 2 nbsp 1 2CSU hold Majority 34 592 30 3 nbsp 0 12009 election edit Federal election 2009 Bayreuth 6 Notes Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CSU nbsp Y Hartmut Koschyk 58 848 50 9 nbsp 5 2 51 124 44 0 nbsp 4 1SPD Anette Kramme 23 920 20 7 nbsp 8 1 22 018 18 9 nbsp 9 5Greens Gert Lowack 13 096 11 3 nbsp 7 1 10 937 9 4 nbsp 3 3FDP Philipp Irmscher 9 898 8 6 nbsp 3 3 16 066 13 8 nbsp 4 7Left Georg Bohner 6 318 5 5 nbsp 2 5 6 865 5 9 nbsp 2 5Pirates 2 401 2 1REP Franz Noffke 1 855 1 6 1 520 1 3 nbsp 0 3NPD Kai Limmer 1 701 1 5 nbsp 0 4 1 593 1 4 nbsp 0 0FAMILIE 818 0 7 nbsp 0 2Tierschutzpartei 690 0 6ODP 595 0 5RRP 570 0 5BP 414 0 4 nbsp 0 2PBC 293 0 3 nbsp 0 2DIE VIOLETTEN 181 0 2CM 131 0 1DVU 50 0 0BuSo 30 0 0 nbsp 0 0MLPD 20 0 0 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 1 654 974Total valid votes 115 636 116 316Turnout 117 290 71 4 nbsp 6 2CSU hold Majority 34 928 30 2 nbsp 2 9References edit a b Constituency Bayreuth Federal Returning Officer Results for Bayreuth Federal Returning Officer Results for Bayreuth Results for Bayreuth Results for Bayreuth Results for Bayreuth Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bayreuth electoral district amp oldid 1164792769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
